1.   Two coins are tossed and a number cube is rolled. How many outcomes are possible?
    A. 24 B. 10
    C. 18 D. 12
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  2.   A minor-league baseball team had three players tryout for each of the nine positions. How many ways could the team be formed?
    A. 729 B. 27
    C. 6561 D. 19,683
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  3.   There are 11 pennies, 7 nickels, and 9 dimes in a bowl. If 2 coins are selected at random, find the probability of selecting a nickel then a dime if the first coin is not replaced.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  4.   An arrangement in which order is important is called a(n) ______.
    A. factorial B. permutation
    C. compound event D. outcome
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  5.   From a group of six students, four are to be chosen to form a committee. In how many ways can the committee be chosen?
    A. 15 B. 360
    C. 720 D. 30
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  6.   Andy has made his own new die. It has fourteen sides, which he has labeled with the numbers 1 through 14. He rolls his die. What is the probability that he rolls a composite number?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  7.   Two number cubes are rolled, then a spinner with 4 different colors on it is spun twice, then two coins are flipped. How many total possible outcomes are there?
    A. 2,304 B. 4096
    C. 46,656 D. 24
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  8.   There are 10 pennies, 14 nickels, and 6 dimes in a bag, and you remove three at random without replacing any. What is the probability that you will remove three pennies?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   The Niles Park District has 140 children signed up to play Little League Baseball. The makeup of the league is shown in the table. If one child is picked at random, what is the probability that he or she is 11 years old. Write as a fraction in simplest form.
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   A computer store offers a computer with a 15-, 17-, or 19-inch monitor and an inkjet or laser printer. Make a tree diagram to show the different ways a computer can be sold with a monitor and printer.
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  11.   Evaluate 2! · 7!.
    A. 362,880 B. 14
    C. 10,080 D. 5,040
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  12.   Ten students are playing in a chess tournament. If each student plays every other student once, how many total games are played?
    A. 45 B. 30
    C. 120 D. 90
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  13.   A nickel is tossed 550 times and heads came up 300 times. What is the experimental probability of tossing tails?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  14.   In a survey, 100 students were asked to name their favorite season of the year. The results are shown in the table. Suppose 1,300 students attend Franklin Middle School. How many can be expected to choose spring as their favorite season?
   
    A. 715 B. 300
    C. 312 D. 240
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